Consumer Complaint Detail

CHRYSLER / SEBRING / 2001

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004272089 Incident Date: Apr, 15 2004
Consumer's City: ANDERSON Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: SEBRING Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:alternator/generator/regulator
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1C3EL46X81N Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 20 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On friday, april 16th i noticed my battery light on in my car as i drove home. that evening we drove my car to a friends and noticed the light stayed on. when we got there, 3 people looked at my car and noticed that my alternator was smoking and smelt hot, the wire that goes into the alternator was burnt completely in two and was seperated from the alternator. it was thankfully touching just enough to keep my car running. the next day, they took my alternator out of my car and one side was completely melted. we called serveral parts stores and were told by each one that chrysler has not released some of its parts to be sold yet, and the alternator was one of them. leaving us to only go to a dealer to have it replaced and pay numerous charges to have it replaced when we could of done it ourself. one, a 3yr old car, should not be having problems with an alternator yet unless its faulty, two it definetely shouldn't be catching on fire, three, chrysler should be letting parts stores sell their parts....*ak